Adriana Gomez Licon & Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press A Democratic mayor secured a comfortable win in a primary election despite days of intense backlash following the deadly stabbing of a young Ukrainian woman on a commuter train in Charlotte. Mayor Vi Lyles is seeking a fifth term but is coming under criticism after images […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News On a warm July morning, Joe Suleyman — dressed in a neon vest, short sleeves and blue jeans — stood on a grassy hill in New Hanover County. White clouds drifted across a bright blue sky above a lush landscape. With water and forest in the distance, the pastoral scene could […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Both major parties in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District have for years been plagued by political instability. Chairs come and go, strategies collapse as quickly as they form while rank-and-file party faithful are left scrambling. But as the 2026 General Election draws closer — one in which Democrats believe they have […]
Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Maggie Valley is batting .500 to date when it comes to settling claims with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Tropical Storm Helene-related damages. But the town has only submitted a fraction of the almost $5 million of damages caused by the storm because the bulk of those sewer-related projects are […]
Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise A former federal employee from High Point who says she lost her job earlier this year as part of the federal government efficiency campaign announced Tuesday that she will run for the Democratic nomination in the 6th Congressional District. Alysa Kassay announced her campaign, which is her first bid […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro UNC is investigating a round of vandalism that took place in the early Monday morning hours at Polk Place, where paint was put on the steps and sidewalk near South Building, Wilson Library and the quad’s flagpole. According to an incident report filed to UNC Police, the act took place between 3:16 […]
Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Residents in the Wolf Chase subdivision next to a 93-home development on a slope above their homes hope that city and county regulators can force the builder to fix problems that have caused severe stormwater runoff, mudslides and flooding. The homeowners turned out for the regular meeting of the Hendersonville City Council […]
UNC Chapel Hill improved its standing in the latest FIRE campus-free-speech rankings, but the group’s surveys indicate that students are increasingly dubious that Chancellor Lee Roberts and his team really support free speech. The school ranked 19th nationally out of 257, a 43-place improvement from its showing in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s […]
Rural-county courthouse-crowd politics. That appears the ultimate explanation for why Senate leader Phil Berger and other Republicans in Rockingham County backed a Democrat, incumbent Ed Wilson, for a Superior Court judgeship in 2022. Going into the election cycle, Wilson had lined up support from lawyers, fellow judges and other key officials at the local courthouse, […]
Alanna Durkin Richer & Erik Verduzco/The Associated Press The Justice Department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty. The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr. was on […]
The Associated Press, Mississippi Today & Mississippi Free Press As an ominous storm approached Buddy Anthony’s new home, he took shelter in his Ford F-250 pickup parked under a nearby carport. Seconds later, a tornado tore apart the one-story brick house and damaged the truck while lifting it partly in the air. Anthony emerged unhurt. […]
Monica Casey/WRAL News Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley on Monday pushed pastors to run for public office, called on churches to encourage their congregations to register to vote and promoted the dissolution of the separation of church and state. “We need more men and women of faith in the public square,” Whatley said during […]
Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily The battle over “forever chemicals” continues with federal regulators seeking to reverse course on three chemical compounds with established regulations, while a chemical company pursues a permit to increase production of PFAS compounds at a North Carolina plant. (Port City Daily photo / CFPUA) After issuing a notice in May, the […]
Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News The signs are still there lining the fragile bank separating Interstate 40 from the Pigeon River — chunks of jagged asphalt, wayward pipes, rusty cables bent into submission by nature. Just 11 months ago, as Hurricane Helene mercilessly swamped the whole region, the river, now low and calm, was force-fed by […]
Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Another GOP challenger is throwing his hat in the ring for Rep. Mark Pless’s seat representing Haywood and Madison counties in the N.C. House of Representatives. Haywood County Board of Education member Jimmy Rogers has more than two decades of experience as a representative for the school system in Haywood County. […]
